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Family Support Worker

Employer
Barnardos
Location
Gloucestershire
Salary
£17316 - £23030/annum
Closing date
4 Jan 2020

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Sector
Charity & Voluntary Work
Hours
Part Time
Flexibility
Set hours
Contract Type
Permanent
Barnardo's have been successfully running children's services in Gloucester since 2010.  Building on this success, Barnardo's has been commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council to deliver a Targeted Family Support service for local families with children aged 0-11yrs.  This service forms an integral part of Gloucestershire County Council's Early Help offer and runs from 6 designated Children and Family centres across the City - Kingsholm, Finlay, Linden, Matson, Bartongate, Tuffley.  We are looking to recruit a variety of full and part time Family Support Workers during this recruitment process. These vacancies are a mixture of permanent contracts and fixed term maternity cover posts and job share hours will be considered. All posts are all year round. The main duties of the role would include: Work one to one with vulnerable families to reduce inequalities between those in greatest need and their peers. Facilitating the delivery of targeted support groups and parenting programmes. Recording observations on case management systems with an awareness that information you supply may be used in legal proceedings In addition, candidates must be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of: working with parents with specific vulnerabilities that impact on their child/ren; including (but not limited to); low income, domestic abuse, substance misuse, anti-social and/or criminal behaviour and transient families assessing complex safeguarding and welfare issues for children and vulnerable adults. child development across the ages, with a particular emphasis on children with additional needs, disabilities, specific educational needs, adult and child mental health and those with protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010 evidence based practice and the ability to apply this to inform practice In return, you will work for the UK's largest and oldest national children's charity and we exist to transform the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families. We operate over 1,000 services in local communities; have more than 700 shops and 8,000 employees. Last year alone we worked with around 300,000 children, young people and carers.    The starting salary range for the above posts is £17,316-£23,030 dependent on skills and experience. As a Barnardo's employee you will also benefit from a full training and development package, promotion prospects, pension and benefits including; offers from major high-street brands discount cinema tickets discounts on holidays cycle-to-work scheme Barnardo's is a national organisation and as such uses generic job descriptions and person specifications in their recruitment.  In order to demonstrate your abilities when completing your application form, please ensure you refer specifically to the information included in the additional information. If you would like any further information, please contact Trudie Carter, Team Manager, on (phone number removed), (phone number removed) or by emailing (url removed)

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